taliban

IPA: tˈæɫɪbæn

Root Word: Taliban

A Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021.
A Taliban militia.
A member of the Taliban movement or its militia; a Talib.

Examples of "taliban" in Sentences

The taliban is mocking the country while they are in hiding.
I hate the GOP, but saying stuff that compares them to the taliban is really pathetic.
The taliban is still in many parts of remote afghanistan – and in fact insurgency is back up.
I know, I know, kat or eileen will tell me that women go to school now that the taliban is gone.
By using the word taliban in relation to Catholicism, John Allen has acted in an irresponsible and incendiary manner.
No the taliban is the so-called pro-choice crowd who when a woman chooses to have a child, they berate the woman for not getting an abortion.
"No the taliban is the so-called pro-choice crowd who when a woman chooses to have a child, they berate the woman for not getting an abortion."
You may seem to appreciate that the taliban is resurgent but the point of the post is clearly that bush and rumsfeld have lied about afghanistan being a disneyland of peace and democracy … the public deserves better and the public should pay attention to the incompetence of their leaders.